Stourbridge Institute Social Club (SISC) where members can relax while drinking coffee or having a bite to eat in the bar or a meal in the restaurant. Members can take part in the various activities available in the club such as Badminton, Bridge, Chess, Table Tennis and Snooker as well as many other learning and sporting opportunities.
News And Upcoming Events
The Events That Are Displayed On This Page Are Those That Are Being Arranged By
Stourbridge Institute Social Club
In The Next Few Months So Please Peruse The Adverts And Come Join Us.
Recent News & Reminders Are Also Included On This Page.
Club Update for all Members 30th November 2023
Membership Renewals 2024:
NOTICE TO ALL MEMBERS: CLUB MEMBERSHIP FEES FOR 2024
This coming year the Institute Social Club is again having to manage inflationary increases in its running costs.
These include another 10% increase on the statutory minimum wage. Overhead costs food and drink supplies have risen again typically between 10% and 20%, and heating and lighting cost increases have also continued to increase significantly.
To help minimise the impact of these rising costs, the committee have worked hard this summer on improving insulation and installing secondary glazing to make the club warmer during winter months, we have also rationalised equipment used for heating and lighting, and chilling and refrigeration, minimising club spend as much as possible.
With all of this in mind however, in view of the size of the increased operating costs that the club is facing for the coming year, we have had to increase membership fees for 2024 as detailed below.
Note these fees also include increased Credit added to your membership cards that can be spent when you to come in and use the club.
Annual Membership Door Only Access (Includes £10 credit on your members card)
£120 Full Year OR £12 x 10 Monthly Instalments.
Annual Membership Door + Car Park Access (Includes £35 credit on your member card)
£385 Full Year OR £38.50 x 10 Monthly Instalments.
The new style till membership cards will be available for all nominated members from 1st January at a cost of £3 each. Any lost cards that will need replacing will also come at a charge of £3 to replace them.
This and the club entry key will be covered by the £15 joining fee applicable to all members joining after 1st January 2024.
The Committee hope you will continue to support us with this, and carry on enjoying using the club and its facilities in the year ahead.
Regards Jerry Roper (Chairman Stourbridge Institute Social Club)
The payment of membership cable completed in a number of ways which are all detailed on the Membership page of this website.
It is really easy to set up a direct Debit payment to pay as well.
DIRECT DEBIT FACILITY FOR PAYMENT OF ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP SUBSCRIPTIONS
DON’T FORGET YOU CAN PAY YOUR ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP SUBSCRIPTION CHARGES BY DIRECT DEBIT AS WELL AS BY CREDIT AND DEBIT CARD.
IF YOU WISH TO PAY BY DIRECT DEBIT THEN PLEASE ENSURE YOU COLLECT A DIRECT DEBIT FORMS FROM THE BAR OR OFFICE. ALL COMPLETED FORMS MUST BE RETURNED TO THE OFFICE (CAN BE VIA THE BAR) BEFORE FRIDAY 19th JANUARY TO ENABLE THE OFFICE TO COMPLETE THE RELEVANT PAPERWORK IN TIME FOR PAYMENTS TO BEGIN ON 5th FEBRUARY.
PAYMENT DETAILS FOR THIS SERVICE ARE CONTAINED IN THE MAIN SUBSCRIPTION NOTICES THAT ARE POSTED AROUND THE CLUB AND ON THE WEBSITE HERE ON THE MEMBERSHIP PAGE.
18th November 2023
Stourbridge Institute Social Club
Presents
The Lemon Twists
Saturday 16th December
23rd November 2023
Coming Soon
Get your tickets from Carl at the
Stourbridge Institute
23rd November 2023
At Stourbridge Institute Social Club
23rd November 2023
Stourbridge Institute Social Club
Presents
On Saturday 6th January
24th October 2023
Coming In December
But You need to Book On To Compete
23rd November 2023
Stourbridge Institute Social Club
Children’s Christmas Party
We are sorry but all the tickets for the
Children’s Christmas Party
featuring Sammy Taypot and Father Christmas
on Saturday 9th December has been sold.
18th November 2023
Hosted By Stourbridge Institute Social Club The Kingswinford & Stourbridge Lions Club Quiz & Bingo Night
It was a ‘full house’ which contributed to a great atmosphere for the Quiz and Bingo evening organised by the Kingswinford & Stourbridge Lions Club on Saturday 11th November. With Rod Owen calling the numbers for Bingo, Steve Rice on box office duty and David Hunt doing the quizzes, and selling raffle tickets.
7th November 2023
Important : Stourbridge Institute Social Club Visitor Rules
The Club Committee are very pleased to see increased numbers of members and visitors coming in and using the club on a regular basis, however this is a reminder off Club Visitor Rules.
- Members and their nominated partners may bring in as many visitors as they wish, however under club rules, each of those Visitors may only come in the club once in every calendar month, and should be signed in each time in the visitor’s book at the bar.
- If anyone wishes to visit the club more often than that, they are very welcome to apply to join as a member in their own right.
- Membership Application forms are available from behind the bar, from the Secretary’s Office every weekday morning or via our membership webpage.
- Membership of the club entitles people to also include a nominated partner, husband/wife, spouse etc at no extra cost as part of their membership.
- People attending or assisting with special events or activities within the club are also welcome to use the bar and lounge facilities when those events are on.
Jerry Roper
Chairman
On behalf of the Committee
15th October 2023
Masters Senior World Badminton Championships in Jeonju, Korea.
17th September, 2023
Badminton England enjoyed a raft of medals in the majority of age categories.
There were a total of four World titles in the in the 75+ competition top age range as Jenner claimed her second title in the women’s singles whilst Linda Coombes and Jan Hewett took the women’s doubles by storm.
Jan Hewett also walked away with silver alongside Ian Brothers in the mixed doubles.
8th October 2023
Macmillan Cancer Support at
Stourbridge Institute Social Club
10th August 2023
Spanish Lessons Starting Again
On 2nd October
20th July 2023
The Stourbridge Institute Social wish to announce that ‘The Black Country Charity Show’ held on the 14th July raised the sum of £684.58 for :-
The Mary Stevens Hospice.
Thank you to all who helped put the show on, all those who attended, and gave so generously, and the artists who performed for us.
We hope to do another charity show in the future.
Well done everyone.
David Hunt, Entertainments Sec.
3rd July 2023
Misuse Of Membership
Car Park Keys
It has come to the attention of the Committee that members are misusing their car park keys by letting non-car park members onto the Stourbridge Institute Social Club car park.
This practice is unfair to paying members and is a practice that must not happen.
Anyone found to be doing this could have their own rights to car park access either suspended or even stopped.
SISC Committee
16/06/2023.
8th January 2023
Stourbridge Institute Social Club
are again running the Junior Snooker Academy
Stourbridge Institute Social Club
now serves alcohol free lagers and Gin.
Come and try them without risk to your driving license.
Stourbridge Institute – Membership Card
Help both yourself and the Club
by making use of your membership cards
Everyone is currently feeling the pinch from the cost of living crisis and looking at ways to save money yet still trying to carry on as normal which is not easy. The club is no different.
For example, did you know that for every debit and credit card use there is a fixed rate cost to the club in addition to the % of spend of the transaction?
The Committee are therefore asking members who regularly purchase minor items of less than £5 to consider topping up their membership cards so that they can then use their membership cards for these smaller purchases or to pay in cash for anything under £5.
It will also help the member check their debit/credit card spend more easily and will save the club money by only having to pay one fixed amount for the larger initial transaction rather than a lot of smaller transactions.
Thank you for your help
Founded in 1834, we are one of the oldest private members clubs in the area. Re-inventing ourselves several times over the years, we are now an “Activities” based Social Club, often described as Stourbridge’s hidden gem.
Perusing this website will give you a clear idea of what goes on here and what we have to offer.
In addition, we have various rooms for hire at most competitive rates. A well appointed function room with a stage and a private bar, ideal for various functions, from Christening parties at one end of the scale, to Wakes at the other end, and pretty well everything in between.
We also currently host Weight Watchers, Tai Chi, Chi Baton and meetings in the function room our many other meeting rooms.
On the first floor are our Library and Falcon rooms, available for private hire. The Library is suited for larger meetings, such as the Speakers Club, who currently meet bi-weekly while the latter, being smaller and more intimate, is more suitable for smaller gatherings, for example out of office business meetings, or training sessions.
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What The Club Has To Offer.
– Free High Speed Fibre Wifi
– Restaurant At Lunchtime With Waitress Service
– Relaxing Lounge with Daily Newspapers
– Nine Snooker & Billiard Tables
– Bingo
– Stourbridge Lions
– U3A Stourbridge